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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1968

Page

2

Stock Decline Widens as Avon IBM Lead Losses

In moderated Friday trading from New York the market fell with Avon dropping about 14 points after a gap in trading due to earnings unchanged from a year ago. IBM slipped over 11 points while Occidental Petroleum led the declines on the Big Board and Standard Oil New Jersey resisted a broader drop.

NEW York Avon IBM Control Data Polaroid Occidental Petroleum Hooker Chemical Sunasco Great American Wall Street Standard Oil New Jersey Jersey Humble Oil Atlantic Richfield Alaska Atlantic American Stock Exchange

Late Quotations Data Footnotes From A 1968 AP Table

The text presents a dense set of footnotes for a 1968 dividend table. It lists lettered footnotes a through vi and explains meanings such as extra or stock dividends, liquidating dividends, various declaration dates, and special cases including rights, warrants, and bankruptcy status. It notes that sales figures are unofficial and that dividend rates are based on last declarations. It also mentions ex-dividend dates and foreign issues with tax considerations.

Aiex Wien

Cedar Rapids Hog Market Prices Fall Across Weights

C R Markets reported Friday hog prices 25 cents lower. Thursday’s prices for bulk country and plant delivered butchers 200 to 230 pounds ranged from 20.00 to 20.50. Packing sows 300 pounds and under were 18.00 to 18.25, with price reductions for heavier weights and different grade categories as weights increase.

Cedar Rapids U.S

Cub Scouts Pack 17 Award Ceremony at Bever Park

Awards were presented Thursday at Bever Park to Kevin Jack David Beatty Pat McGammon Kyle Frians Kirby Collins David Spike and Steve Oliver in a Pack 17 ceremony.

Bever Park Kevin Jack David Beatty Pat McGammon Kyle Frians Kirby Collins David Spike Steve Oliver

McCormack Seeks 11th Term After 40 Years in Congress

Boston AP reports Speaker John McCormack of Massachusetts will run for another term after four decades in Congress. He announced his intent to seek reelection, signaling continued leadership for the House.

Boston John McCormack Massachusetts

Hogs Steady To 50 Lower In Chicago Market

In Chicago, hogs sold steady to 50 cents lower. Slaughter steers were steady to 25 cents lower while heifers and cows remained generally steady.

Chicago

Market Report The Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices on Illinois Auction

Chicago market update shows hogs mostly steady to 50 lower across weights from 200 to 270 pounds with sow weakness. Cattle demand mixed with slaughter steers down modestly and cows and heifers steady. Sheep volumes small with spring lambs and mixed grades trading around 26 to 28 dollars per hundredweight.

Des Moines Market Pork Prices Drift Lower

Trade slow and demand fair as butchers and sows hold steady with several daily quotes dropping. Receipts estimated at 30 000 for Friday, 47 000 last week, and 33 000 year ago. U S 1 2 hogs and sows priced by weight and class with values ranging from 15 00 to 21 25 per cwt across various weight ranges.

Des Moines UPI

Sioux City and Omaha Livestock Prices Report

UPI reports cattle prices in Sioux City and Omaha. Sioux City cattle trading steady with slaughter steers 1175 to 1250 pounds at 27.00 to 28.00, heifers 910 to 950 pounds at 26.50 to 27.00. Omaha buyers slow with trade steady to 25 lower. bulls steady and cows 17.00 to 18.00, some canners and cutters down to 17.25.

Sioux City Livestock Sioux City UPI Omaha

Frozen Pork Bellies and Dressed Meats Prices Report

Lamson Bros quotes show July to August frozen pork bellies at 27.57 to 27.35 and March at 31.00 level, with weekly variations. Des Moines wholesale meat report notes steer and heifer beef steady, pork cuts down in loins and seedless bellies around 28.50 for 10 14 lb ranges, among other price points.

Lamson Bros Low Clery DES Moines USDA Midwest Lowa

Livestock Auctions Report From Iowa Markets July 17

State Market News Service notes three Iowa auctions on July 17. Cattle demand fair with few slaughter cows steady to weak and feeders steady. steer 1600-975 lbs fetch 26.20-27.60, 450-700 lbs 26.85-27.25, heifers 450 lbs 23.00-25.00, calves 475-500 lbs about 28.00-28.90. Hogs light supplies, sow pigs 50-100 off, other classes scarce. sheep offerings insufficient for market test.

Chicago USDA Reon Iowa Vy. S Perous U.S

Grain Prices Reported for Chicago Cash Market

Chicago cash grain prices show corn and oats range with soybeans near 2.71 per bushel. Soft red wheat and yellow soybeans listed by grade with figures indicating market levels for No. 2 and No. 1 categories.

Chicago

Corn and Oats Rally on Chicago Board of Trade Close

Chicago traders pushed corn and oats prices sharply higher in late trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat eased, while rye and soybeans showed mixed to modest gains and declines across the session.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade

Egg and Butter Market Report in New York

Wholesale egg offerings are adequate across large, medium, and small sizes with light demand. Standards 36-37. Whites: Fancy large 40-41 percent, fancy medium 32-34, fancy smalls 23-25, fancy peewees 11.5-12.5. Butter offerings are adequate with slow demand and prices unchanged.

New York USDA

Prices on Butter Eggs and Potatoes Move in Mixed Reads

Chicago AP reports steady wholesale butter prices with varied figures for AA grade and car lots. Egg whites and mediums show price points around 39 to 32 with multiple checks noted. Potatoes arrivals and shipments listed with California carrot track whites and Texas round reds priced 4.25 to 4.35 per unit.

Chicago U.S California Texas

Manchester Bay 17 Drowns in Maquoketa River

Bill Tibbott 17 of Greeley drowned about 9 p m Thursday in the Maquoketa river after stepping off an underwater ledge into 8 feet of water. He could not swim and was one of four youths seining for fish below the Quaker Mill dam four miles northwest of Manchester. His body was found about 10 p m nearby. The group included cousin Dave Tibbott 14 and Pete Bushman 18. Bill would have been a senior at Ed Co High School in the fall. He is survived by parents Bruce and Don Tibbott and brother Bruce 18, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Gordon Tibbott of Greeley and great grandmother Elizabeth Krueger of Edgewood. Services set for Saturday at 1 30 p m at the Greeley Methodist Church. Body at Appleton Funeral Home in Edgewood.

Manchester Bill Tibbott Greeley Maquoketa River Don Tibbott Bruce Quaker Mill Dam Maquoketa Tibbott Dave Tibbott Pete Bushman Ed-Co High School Gordon Tibbott Elizabeth Krueger Edgewood Greeleye Methodist Church Appleton Funeral Home

Senate Move to Strip Head Start From OEO Prompts Uncertain Future

Washington AP report notes a 60-29 Senate vote to remove Head Start from the Office of Economic Opportunity and place it under the Office of Education as part of a $2.6 billion vocational education bill. The House already favors shifting Upward Bound and studying Job Corps, amid leadership turnover and uncertainty after Johnson.

Washington Congress Office of Economic Opportunity Anti-Poverty Agency Senate Office of Education House Bertrand Harding Peter Dominick Rcolc OEO Johnson White House Sargent Shriver VISTA Peace Corps

Nuclear Arms Parity Intensifies U S Soviet Standoff

Pentagon officials told the Senate that the Soviet Union is nearing parity with the United States in intercontinental missiles and overall nuclear force. Officials warned that both sides face a heightened risk of all out war and questioned current deterrence relying on atomic strikes against cities.

Washington Pentagon Senate Soviet Union United States Defense Department U. S Harold Brown Senate Preparedness Subcommittee Subcommittee John McConnell Air Force McConnell House Armed Services Committee House Sen Stennis D-Miss Brown America

ICY student Willem Aldershoff arrives at Linn-Mar High

Willem Aldershoff, 17, of Oegstgeest Netherlands arrives in Marion for the 1968-69 school year as an International Christian Youth Exchange student living with the Arthur Hauschild family at 1295 Country Club Drive. He is sponsored by the Marion Christian church and the Hauschilds plan an open house Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. at their home.

Willem Aldershoff Oegstgeest Netherlands Marion Linn-Mar High School Arthur Hauschild Country Club Drive Willem Royal Dutch Shell Research Laboratories Hauschilds I.C.Y.E Marion Christian Church

Greyhound Bus Wrecks In Rain Near New York Line

A Greyhound bus carrying 38 passengers overturned on Interstate 81 in Susquehanna county Pennsylvania during a heavy rainstorm. State police reported no deaths but said several passengers were seriously hurt and taken to a Binghamton hospital. Ambulances from Great Bend and nearby New York state rushed to the scene to transfer the injured.

New Milford Greyhound Interstate 81 Susquehanna County New York State Line Binghamton N.Y Great Bend Township Great Bend New York State Scranton

Suspended Jail Sentence For Roger Del Labarge

Roger Del Labarge aged 19 of 1212 Fourth Street NW received a 15 day suspended jail term after pleading guilty to making a false application for a driver's license. He allegedly used the name Roger Dale Robertson on an April 18 license application and signed an affidavit claiming no prior suspension or revocation in Iowa. Municipal Judge John B. Reilly imposed the sentence.

Roger del Labarge Fourth Street Roger Dale Robertson Iowa John B. Reilly

Origin of Bohemians The term's evolving meaning

The World Almanac traces Bohemian roots from 15th century France when it meant a vagabond of gypsy due to a mistaken origin. In 19th century Paris artists living unconventional lives adopted the label leading to the modern sense.

Yesteryear Bohemia World Almanac France Paris

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